Memsift Innovations has purposely developed a highly hydrophobic 2D material and hollow fibre membrane STOMATE® with unique surface chemistry and enhanced performance for membrane distillation application.
WD News: The US Patent Office (USPTO) has granted Memsift Innovations Pte Ltd US patent number 11530178 that covers the formulation and the method of making the STOMATE® membrane and its various applications.
STOMATE® is a highly hydrophobic hollow fibre membrane with unique surface chemistry for vapour permeation. For efficient thermal membrane separation and Membrane Distillation (MD) process, the membrane should ideally exhibit several optimum characteristics in terms of membrane thickness, porosity, pore size, chemical and thermal stability, membrane surface chemistry (hydrophobicity) and high Liquid Entry Pressure (LEP). Memsift Innovations has purposely developed a highly hydrophobic 2D material and hollow fibre membrane STOMATE® with unique surface chemistry and enhanced performance for membrane distillation application.
The technology has been demonstrated together with the TS-30™ improved membrane distillation system for industrial liquid-waste treatment and resource recovery focusing on pharmaceutical, chemical/pulp and paper/metal finishing/mining industries. It helps to close the industrial liquid-waste loop and recover up to 100% chemicals (metal salts, acids and other chemical compounds) and water at >80% lower operating cost compared to traditional evaporators. Moreover, the technology also reduces the overall carbon footprint significantly.
“The patent further strengthens our commercialisation efforts and differentiate our Improved Membrane Distillation system against the traditional membrane distillation methods,” said Dr J Antony Prince, the CEO of Memsift Innovations Pte Ltd.
Source & image courtesy: Memsift Innovations
